Fig. 2
From: Task-unrelated thought increases after consumption of COVID-19 and general news
Relationship Between Task-Unrelated Thought Ratings and General News Consumption (Study 2). Note Task-unrelated thought (TUT) ratings (1 = completely on-task to 4 = completely off-task) are shown as a function of general news consumption (panel A) and an interaction of motivation ratings and general news consumption (panel B) which was not significant, from Study 2. Panel A: boxplots are of average TUT ratings when participants did and did not consume general news media; individual averages shown as dots. General news consumption (“Yes”; shown in purple/darker color) was associated with higher ratings of TUT compared to the absence of general news consumption (“No”; shown in green/lighter color). Panel B: line graph of average TUT ratings when participants did and did not consume general news media at different levels of task motivation (1 = not motivated at all to 5 = extremely motivated). Error bars represent the standard error of the mean. The association between TUT and general news consumption did not significantly vary as a function of task motivation